I have an old wall crank phone in my shop, Monarch brand. Took out the old original batteries and magnets and installed the guts from a "new" rotary phone years ago, then hooked it up to my phone line. Now when my modern phone rings, the old wall phone starts to ring the "clapper" against the two bells on top and makes a real racket....can hear it over running elec. motors. Fun to see visiting farmers look at that phone when it"s ringing. I can lift up the receiver, put it to my ear, and speak into the big speaker and have a conversation just like grandma did. If I feel like it, I just open the front and dial a phone number to talk to someone...and the quality of the call is much better than my throwaway phone. Progress. LA in WI
PS Our ring years ago on the party line was two shorts. Neighbor had four shorts, another neighbor 1 short, 2 longs.
PPS Dad would get a call from a buddy organizing a card game for that night, Dad would say "Bring a pint along" meaning bring a pint of cream with him for coffee. The old biddies thought the "pint" was booze. Bet that got them to clucking!
PPPS "Bringing a pint along". Dairy farmers used a cream separator and we loved that rich cream for coffee and for making homemade ice cream...in the winter using big ice cycles hanging from the roofs.
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